I am building a new system its been about 5 years since I have done this and need some help. I have: Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5 Amd Athlon 64x2 6400 Wndsor 3.2 GHZ What kind of video card should I use (300.00 to 450.00) to spend. What kind of memory? And how much? I am thinking about running Vista Any help will be great fully appreciated Thanks Arnie
Well since your motherboard doesnt support SLi, you can go with 2x 3870 in Crossfire. That's about $500 for the cards. If you meant 300t450 for everything, then 1 single 3870 will work too, and upgrade in the future (if you want). I would suggest a 8800GT since they perform a little better, but if you wanted 2, you wouldnt be able to do SLi because you dont have a 6**i chipset on the mobo. For the ram, this is a great deal: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220267 4GB for 125, thats awsome. Those are on my upgrade list for Christmas
